Faculty Research

Faculty Research

Redefining Theological Education

Our faculty members are authorities in their fields of study, and this highlighted research exemplifies their expertise and desire to push the boundaries of theological education.

Professor Shelly Rambo

Responding to Trauma

Professor Shelly Rambo discusses how religious leaders are responding in the wake of the Camp Mystic tragedy in Texas.

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Restorative Justice

Clinical assistant professor of religion and conflict transformation James McCarty produced an online five-part lecture series "A Global Movement to Transform Harm."

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Virtue and Flourishing

Prof. Steven Sandage will spend the next three years developing training tools that integrate treatment research on virtues and human flourishing in psychotherapy.

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Interpreting 2 Peter

Associate professor Shively T. J. Smith challenges readers of her new book to reinterpret 2 Peter through the moral writings of 19th-century African American women.

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Biblical Farming

Associate professor of theology Rebecca Copeland researchers how the Gospel writers' relationships with their land framed the parables.

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Religious Extremism

Professor Wesley Wildman leads an international team of researchers using data modeling on a quest to seek out potential acts of religious violence.

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Chinese Christianity

Research associate professor of mission Daryl Ireland and his team use data to explain Christianity's recent boom in China.

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New Testament Canon

Associate professor Luis Menéndez-Antuña was awarded a grant to publish his next book focused on enslavement in the New Testament.

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Christianity in Africa

Walter G. Muelder professor of social ethics Nimi Wariboko contributed his expertise to the BBC Sounds Documentary “Nigeria and the song of the bell.”

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Recent Publications

Our faculty members continually publish new scholarly works, journal articles, and cutting-edge research in their fields. Read about the latest publications here.

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